Chapter Summaries

Tongtian Wanyue began building support in the Tongtian Family while her brother Tongtian Ze maneuvered to threaten her with the deadly Tongtian Trial. In the Snow Cloud Realm, Feng Qingjue told her followers she planned to leave with Qin Wangchuan, warning them that the road ahead would be perilous.

• Tongtian Wanyue learned that Tongtian Ze was recruiting allies and meeting with the Pillar Guard Elders, so she invited overlooked collateral-branch members to build her own support.
• Tongtian Ze confronted Tongtian Wanyue and revealed that the Pillar Guard Elders had agreed to open the Tongtian Trial, challenging her to face it at the next family meeting.
• Tongtian Wanyue accepted the danger and wrote Qin Wangchuan a report about her recent arrangements and future plans rather than asking him for help.
• Feng Qingjue explained to her followers that she had abandoned her old Grand Wish and decided to accompany Qin Wangchuan, warning that anyone who joined her would face a dangerous path.

Feng Qingjue reaffirmed her resolve to follow her own path and explored the Qin Clan techniques in Chuanliu Pavilion, where she saw the breadth of Qin Wangchuan’s cultivation methods. She shared her experiences in the Upper Thousand Provinces with Gu Tianye, ending with the revelation of Qin Wangchuan’s astonishing victories.

• At the banquet’s end, the eighty-two followers told Feng Qingjue they followed her rather than their old oath and would continue beside her.
• Luo Lingxi told Feng Qingjue that Qin Wangchuan had treated her differently by entrusting her with an important task, and Feng Qingjue vowed to see Heaven Above Heaven for herself.
• Feng Qingjue visited Chuanliu Pavilion and found that Qin Wangchuan’s annotated Wanjie Thunder Furnace was more complete than the copy on display.
• Mad Daoist offered Feng Qingjue spiritual herbs and a Seven-turn Pill for the original Wanjie Thunder Furnace, but she refused to part with it.
• Feng Qingjue discovered Qin Wangchuan’s improved cultivation methods, including Cold Mirage Tower, Soldier Puppet Technique, and Boundary Defining Existence.
• Gu Tianye spoke with Feng Qingjue about his changed perspective, and she recounted Qin Wangchuan’s identity and feats in the Upper Thousand Provinces, including defeating two Supreme Beings and cleaving down a city in the sky.

Feng Qingjue and Luo Lingxi recruited Returnees for Qin Wangchuan’s cause after Shadow Guard Nineteen offered them generous pay, protection, and a chance to return home. With the new recruits under his command, Feng Qingjue planned to use the slogan of attacking Heaven to attract even more people.

• Gu Tianye and Feng Qingjue accepted their defeats by Qin Wangchuan and vowed to challenge him again.
• Feng Qingjue led Luo Lingxi and the others to a hidden hall in the Northern Region, where they met a group of Returnees.
• As Feng Qingjue prepared to subdue the Returnees, Nineteen appeared and explained that Qin Wangchuan wanted to recruit them.
• Nineteen offered monthly Spirit Stones, protection from the Qin Clan, help resolving vendettas, and a promise to send the Returnees home; he demonstrated his power by killing and reviving a skeptical man.
• Several Returnees joined after Nineteen’s offer, including a young man who hoped Qin Wangchuan could revive his beloved.
• Feng Qingjue accepted responsibility for the recruits and announced that they would use the goal of attacking Heaven to attract more people.

Qin Wangchuan received word that the Returnees had been brought under control, then continued a simulation of Ma Hongchang, a ruined Ma Family prodigy seeking a new Heaven and Earth Law and revenge. The simulation ended with Song Yu'an betraying and killing him, leaving his final memories of their childhood promise.

• Qin Wangchuan reflected that transmigrators were easier to manage if they were given enough Spirit Stones.
• Ma Hongchang entered the Meteor Ancient Realm after Ma Hongsheng and Song Yu'an destroyed his Dao Path and plotted against him.
• Ma Hongchang evaded Ma Liu and the Ma Family Shadow Guards while searching for a way to heal and regain his strength.
• Ma Hongchang found a Purple Sun Red Ginseng Fruit, refined it, and broke through to the Eleventh Realm.
• Ma Liu's Shadow Guards captured Ma Hongchang after his breakthrough, and Song Yu'an stabbed him through the heart.
• Song Yu'an revealed she was carrying Ma Hongsheng's child, mocked Ma Hongchang, and left him to die as he remembered their childhood promise.

Qin Wangchuan chose Origin Source as his reward, then watched a repeated simulation of Ma Hongchang in which he saved Ma Hongchang from Song Yu'an and her companions. Ma Hongchang turned toward revenge and self-improvement, and later reached the Secret Realm’s central palace, where he spotted the mysterious rescuer among those who had passed the trials.

• Qin Wangchuan selected 520 Origin Source, bringing his total to 97.6 times, and began another simulation.
• Ma Hongchang escaped Song Yu'an and Ma Liu's group, but they caught and pinned him down.
• A black-robed figure killed Ma Liu's companions and Song Yu'an, then urged Ma Hongchang to grow stronger and take revenge.
• Ma Hongchang closed Song Yu'an's eyes, collected the Storage Bags, and vowed to see the Four Seas and Eight Wastes for himself.
• Ma Hongchang avoided a Thousand-Year Spirit Grass and continued toward the Secret Realm's core in pursuit of the Dual Heaven-Earth Method.
• Ma Hongchang arrived late at the ancient palace and recognized the black-robed rescuer among the cultivators who had passed the trial screens.

The simulation ended with the protagonist leaving the Secret Realm without finding the Dual Heaven-Earth Method, while a boy used the Golden Booklet to reveal the power of Heavenly Suspended Silk before a gray-robed elder stole both treasures. Qin Wangchuan chose Heavenly Suspended Silk as his reward and realized he could seek the Golden Booklet in the Secret Realm to unlock its full power.

• Cultivators failed for days to open the final trial door until a young boy said “Spinning” and “Silk,” causing the door to transport him inside.
• When the door opened, the boy revealed Heavenly Suspended Silk to defend himself, killing several Twelfth Realm cultivators and forcing Thirteenth Realm powerhouses to summon their Heaven and Earth Law.
• A gray-robed elder struck the fleeing boy, took the Golden Booklet and Heavenly Suspended Silk, and escaped using a bronze disc.
• The protagonist searched the Secret Realm for five days without finding the Dual Heaven-Earth Method, then left determined to continue pursuing revenge by another path.
• Qin Wangchuan selected Heavenly Suspended Silk as his simulation reward, tested its sharpness, and decided to enter the Secret Realm for the Golden Booklet.

Qin Wangchuan suspected Elder Xu of luring cultivators to the Secret Realm and ordered Ye Lingchuan to search his soul. Elder Xu’s identity was exposed, but he broke free and unleashed a devastating attack, leaving the group to face the aftermath.

• Qin Wangchuan recognized similarities between Elder Xu and the gray-robed treasure thief from the simulation, then ordered Ye Lingchuan to use Soul Search on him.
• Qin Wangchuan restrained Xie Qingshang at swordpoint while his companions bound Elder Xu, and Ye Lingchuan’s Soul Search revealed that Elder Xu had spread rumors to lure cultivators into scouting for treasure.
• Ye Lingchuan confirmed that Xie Qingshang knew nothing about Elder Xu’s scheme, and Qin Wangchuan withdrew his sword from her throat.
• Elder Xu broke free from his restraints and unleashed his Heaven and Earth Law, but Qin Wangchuan pulled Xie Qingshang to safety as the attack obliterated Elder Xu.
• The group saw Elder Shi struggling to rise, injured by the shock wave.

After Chu Wujiu and the others killed Elder Xu, Qin Wangchuan left the group and later found Ma Hongchang being attacked by Song Yu'an and her allies. Qin Wangchuan killed Ma Liu’s group and Song Yu'an with a single move, leaving Ma Hongchang alive.

• Chu Wujiu dismissed killing Elder Xu with his Heaven and Earth Law as merely loosening up, while Xie Qingshang wondered at Qin Wangchuan’s ability to see through the situation.
• The group spent more than ten days exploring the Secret Realm before Qin Wangchuan left to find Ma Hongchang.
• Ma Liu and his followers pinned the wounded Ma Hongchang down while Song Yu'an prepared to kill him.
• Qin Wangchuan arrived and asked whether the victim was Ma Hongchang, then killed Ma Liu and his underlings with a golden Slay character.
• Song Yu'an begged Qin Wangchuan for mercy, but he walked past and killed her as Ma Hongchang watched.

Qin Wangchuan left Ma Hongchang to mourn Song Yu'an and pursue revenge, then rejoined the group at the Secret Realm’s trials. He guessed “Silk” at the final trial and was taken through the giant door, leaving the others behind.

• Qin Wangchuan told Ma Hongchang to become stronger and seek revenge before leaving him among the corpses.
• Ma Hongchang closed Song Yu'an’s eyes, grieved their history, and vowed to make Ma Hongsheng join her in death.
• Qin Wangchuan rejoined the group at the Stone Giant Door, where the others passed through the Light Screen and faced a trial to endure a falling boulder for ten breaths.
• Chu Wujiu destroyed the boulder with one punch, and Yun Zexuan solved the Star Chart trial.
• Qin Wangchuan answered “Silk” in the final trial and vanished through the giant door, prompting Chu Wujiu to complain that he had kept the prize for himself.

Qin Wangchuan found the Heavenly Suspended Silk in the Secret Realm’s deepest vault and learned that it was a world-weaving Dao Silk with immense spatial power. He discovered he possessed two threads, tested their cutting ability, and left the collapsing treasure core through a spatial rift.

• Qin Wangchuan crossed a hidden path into a forgotten treasure trove and ignored its riches while searching for the Heavenly Suspended Silk.
• Qin Wangchuan passed through the ancient vault, dismissing most treasures and taking the Jade Maiden Fire Lotus for Jiujiu.
• Qin Wangchuan found the bronze lamp and learned that the Heavenly Suspended Silk was a Dao Silk capable of cutting through objects and traversing vast distances.
• Qin Wangchuan summoned the second thread he had obtained in a simulation and used both threads to slice apart the Spiral Tower’s walls.
• Qin Wangchuan coiled the two threads into his hair and escaped the collapsing Secret Treasure Core through a rift opened by the Void Divine Feather.

Qin Wangchuan effortlessly killed the cultivators who ambushed the group, then returned with them to loot the remaining treasures in the vault. Outside the Secret Realm, Xie Qingyu challenged Qin Wangchuan as he was about to leave.

• Qin Wangchuan used two golden threads to slice apart the attackers before Chu Wujiu could finish summoning his Dharma Manifestation.
• Chu Wujiu and Zhao Lingyun insisted that Qin Wangchuan return to the vault with them, and he agreed.
• The group collected more treasures in the vault, while Xie Qingshang followed them and gathered what they left behind.
• Xie Qingshang left the Secret Realm with the group and found her younger brother, Xie Qingyu, waiting at the exit.
• Xie Qingyu pointed at Qin Wangchuan and challenged him.

Xie Qingyu challenged Qin Wangchuan to defend his family’s honor, and Qin accepted, preparing to defeat him. The chapter ended as Qin began counting down before their fight.

• Xie Qingyu challenged Qin Wangchuan, despite knowing he was outmatched, to prove that he and the Xie Family were not cowards.
• Xie Qingyu recalled how Qin had defeated his cousin Xie Nian in one move and how the Cang Family had mocked them afterward.
• Qin Wangchuan took Xie Qingyu’s challenge seriously and asked for his and Xie Nian’s names.
• Qin assured Xie Qingyu that neither he nor Xie Nian was a coward, then drew his sword and activated Third Gear, “Tribulation Ends, I Remain.”
• Qin accepted the challenge and told Xie Qingyu to prepare as he counted down from five.

Qin Wangchuan defeated Xie Qingyu, treated his wound, and explained why he had taken the young challenger seriously. He reunited with Li Qingluan, gave her a Jade Hairpin that she returned because it was not time yet, and confirmed he would go to Wandao Academy with several others.

• Xie Qingyu attacked Qin Wangchuan in desperation, but Qin Wangchuan cut him down and used a healing talisman to stabilize his wound.
• Qin Wangchuan told Xie Qingyu that he had lost but could become stronger, then left as Xie Qingyu fell unconscious.
• Chu Wujiu questioned whether Qin Wangchuan had needed to fight Xie Qingyu so seriously, and Qin Wangchuan said the courage to challenge a stronger opponent deserved respect.
• Li Qingluan met Qin Wangchuan beside her carriage, and he placed a Jade Hairpin in her hair before she put it away and told him it was not time yet.
• Ye Lingchuan asked whether Qin Wangchuan would go to Wandao Academy, and Qin Wangchuan confirmed that he would; Ye Lingchuan, Zhao Lingyun, Chu Wujiu, and Yun Zexuan expressed interest in going too.
• Qin Wangchuan boarded Li Qingluan's carriage, and its curtain closed with the two of them inside.

Qin Wangchuan leaned on Li Qingluan after a simulation made him feel the pain of lovers betraying one another, and she comforted him with a vow that they would never harm each other. He privately believed his fate was to die in Li Qingluan’s arms, while a fleeting crimson gleam in her eyes hinted at a future regret.

• Qin Wangchuan noticed the Cloth Dolls resembling him in Li Qingluan’s carriage, and she hurriedly hid them.
• Qin Wangchuan leaned against Li Qingluan and described the pain he had felt in the Ma Hongchang simulation when his beloved betrayed him.
• Li Qingluan kissed Qin Wangchuan and vowed that they would not harm one another in the future.
• Qin Wangchuan privately concluded that he would likely die in Li Qingluan’s arms, a fate he believed he could not change.
• Li Qingluan asked the guards to slow the carriage, and a crimson gleam briefly appeared in her eyes as she watched Qin Wangchuan sleep.

After waking from a month-long coma, Xie Qingyu confronted the fear of his near-death challenge to Qin Wangchuan, while Xie Nian and Xie Qingshang resolved to seek entry to Wandao Academy so they could face or see him again. They left determined to compete for its scarce admissions.

• Xie Qingyu woke from his coma and remembered Qin Wangchuan's Golden Thread Sword Shadow and the wound that had nearly killed him.
• Xie Nian slapped Xie Qingyu for challenging Heaven Above Heaven's Divine Son, then comforted him, praised his courage, and warned him not to risk his life again.
• Xie Nian told Xie Qingshang that Qin Wangchuan's strength had overwhelmed him, but admitted he wanted to face him again.
• Xie Qingshang and Xie Nian decided to pursue Wandao Academy's admissions, hoping to meet Qin Wangchuan again.
• Xie Qingshang realized many other prodigies would likely seek admission too, and resolved to compete fearlessly.

Qin Wangchuan refined Zhao Lingyun’s ideas into Dao Shu Bing and agreed to serve as Wandao Academy’s optional fourth entrance trial. After the envoys left, Qin Zhaoer barged into his pavilion and was punished for teasing him.

• Qin Wangchuan completed the initial Dao Shu Bing concept, sent some results to Zhao Lingyun, and left others with the Qin Clan for verification.
• Qin Wenhe introduced Elder Liang of Wandao Academy, who invited Qin Wangchuan to become an optional fourth trial for candidates who passed the first three trials.
• Qin Wangchuan realized the new trial had been arranged with him in mind and accepted the invitation.
• After Qin Wenhe and Elder Liang left, Qin Zhaoer entered the pavilion and teased Qin Wangchuan while lounging at his desk.
• Qin Wangchuan had Ye Jianwei restrain Qin Zhaoer and struck her with the Jiexin Ruler until she pleaded for him to stop.

Qin Zhaoer gave Qin Wangchuan a paired bracer and used the chance to have him teach her the Wanjie Thunder Furnace. Meanwhile, Zhao Lingyun was stunned by Qin Wangchuan’s Dao Shu Bing and brought it to Zhao Tao to test its power.

• Qin Zhaoer asked Qin Wangchuan to teach her the Wanjie Thunder Furnace and questioned him about the Heavenly Suspended Silk in his hair.
• After learning the Heavenly Suspended Silk came from the Secret Realm, Qin Zhaoer gave Qin Wangchuan a matching dark golden bracer and asked him to teach her hand in hand.
• Qin Wangchuan guided Qin Zhaoer through sensing the lightning between heaven and earth while she pretended to be a beginner.
• Zhao Lingyun examined Qin Wangchuan’s notes and special paper, realized he had created a finished Paper Soldier called Dao Shu Bing, and declared it could change the Heaven and Earth Law.
• Zhao Lingyun took the Dao Shu Bing to the Zhao Clan’s Talisman Field and instructed Zhao Tao to channel Spiritual Power into it and manifest it as a weapon of the Heaven and Earth Law.

Zhao Lingyun tested Qin Wangchuan’s Dao Shu Bing and realized it could inspire a new way to strengthen Heaven and Earth Laws. The story then shifted to the prodigies gathering at Wandao Academy, where they discussed its trials and the legendary Chu Wujiu.

• Zhao Tao infused the Dao Shu Bing with spiritual power, and it merged into his Heaven and Earth Law as a sword that greatly increased his attack’s power.
• Zhao Tao struck the manifested Giant Sword with a spiritual-energy sword, which shattered while the Giant Sword only cracked.
• Zhao Lingyun began devising a way to spread the Dao Shu Bing’s framework into a Heaven and Earth Law’s body and envisioned a stronger Dao Shu Body.
• Prodigies gathered outside Wandao Academy, where the Taixu Sect Holy Son, Jiang Xuanli, and the young master of the Mo Tian Sect arrived.
• The young master of the Mo Tian Sect discussed the Academy’s records, and a prodigy asked about Chu Wujiu and his Nine Prisons Battle Body.

Imperial Clan Successors and other prodigies gathered at Wandao Academy as their arrival phenomena filled the sky and tensions flared. Elder Liang transported the crowd into a Small World and began Wandao Academy’s entrance trials.

• Jiang Xuanli listened as the crowd praised Chu Wujiu, Li Qingluan, and Li Xuan while privately believing her own chosen figure would surpass them.
• Chu Wujiu, Zhao Lingyun, Yun Zexuan, Ye Lingchuan, Li Xuan, and Yan Wujin arrived with spectacular clan phenomena, and an Academy elder restrained Yan Wujin’s Divine Nest.
• Chu Wujiu recognized Zhou Yunyi among the crowd, and Zhou Yunyi was cheered despite wishing his clan could afford a grander arrival.
• Ji Wuchen asked about the absent Wang Xuance and Qin Wangchuan before Xiang Haoran arrived and traded taunts with Chu Wujiu.
• Qin Zhaoer gouged out a cultivator’s eye for staring at her and threatened the crowd before Elder Liang appeared.
• Elder Liang transported everyone into a Small World and announced that Wandao Academy’s entrance trials had begun.

Chu Wujiu entered Wandao Academy’s three-part examination and passed the Heart Demon Road and True Self Mirror by facing his feelings about Qin Wangchuan honestly. He began climbing the Heaven Ascending Ladder, determined to become the third name from the Chu Clan on its stele.

• Elder Liang explained the Heart Demon Road, True Self Mirror, and Heaven Ascending Ladder to the gathered candidates.
• Chu Wujiu started the Heart Demon Road and broke through its illusions after a single breath.
• At the True Self Mirror, Chu Wujiu admitted he might never catch Qin Wangchuan but would keep pursuing him, and said he would follow his own Dao while looking up to Qin Wangchuan.
• Chu Wujiu passed the mirror’s three questions and examined the stele bearing the names of seventeen past Peak Prodigies.
• Chu Wujiu vowed to become the third Chu Clan member on the stele and stepped onto the first tier of the Heaven Ascending Ladder.